New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-17

Hence the exterior commands admiration only for tho
beautiful finish OF its material The entire ednce e con-
Enclosure could hardly restrain our exclamaons OF
delight and wonder II is the finest In Cairo and have
hesitation in saying Ii il the most costly edlnce ever
pehcld 1t il nar,sticaly expensive. magnificent In the
rough with mere solid rroIuson Of silver precious
The inside and the outside, have sad are Of pure
aaner OF ysi,9wish White color great c" rn 90 90
their submits The porch with its multiplied ornaments
the arches OF the courtyard and the domes that make inc
roof are full OF points OF architectural beauty Ana
then within every hand over the vast area. the ex
ausite tablets inscribed with verses from the Koran
pulpit the winding staircase. the cnriou.iy fasnonea
sken cords the beautiful figures in the thcky tuited
carpets. the stained windows i'll the lofty easements ca
oratey carved. the cornccs projecting heavily with
pendants frost worka these to-day seem
g IKE the imagined rensT of the tn Tsa no Of Tn S
childhood concerning the Tires OF the good Calph
Haroun Alraschid.
The Mahommctans OF Cairo wont to relate the tale,
they exhibit the perfection of this edicc how tho
mouarch who at first erected it ccnuau!ed that the
hand OF the architect Ivy wnose skill II was panne /
should be of, lest in another tit OF inspiration he
soould build second miracle of bcanty likely IN any
respect to become perions r> al OF TINS BAT " Nap
pens that other guardians of neighborlng mosques are
visitors tmraton Tor their particular charges ana US
each OF these accuses his fellows OF having lcd III 'ne
narration and perverted the history Is possible That all
of them are accurate in the generous estimate.
WAITING FOR THE GOLDEN DAYS TO RETURN
While in this building there occurred one day most
digestive conversation with our drasoman We were
landing by the tomb OF the great man VINO FOUNDED ihe
mosque, now more than five hundred years old. This
was surrounded with iron railing, the door or when
was heavily padlocked. silver lanterns burned around
the raised sarcophagus whose gliterng radiance lit the
surface Of till ii flashed with it, naid Jewels ana
plates Of everything gold asked the guide II any one
WAS ever allowed to this enclosure. lie said No.
intimated however. that | presumed he might 20 IN
heug a believer even though the people would forbid
lnc He replied hastily aud With an unaffected START OF
aiarm. OH. no. would never go in, ode there lie
NVaS hniN ma | 50
year That great wailc ag" those years ~
S,onc No man lisc linn lives now Those were gold
| fines There is book at Shcclcm wor Ii "A great deal
more money than tell. The En@lshncn are lrylE
to get it. they sent man last year 10 oHN 1t; ',H
have that book by and by Then th'IS WI ne IL" nis
your religion no more my rchfo' lh'' DOCK VIII give
Astnnishcd ut high excitement of the man. for he
trembling at every mb and arrested -" 'ne .t III.
by his perverted and mlst'1cn notion 81 Tue eie "l
made by the i EHpi%om r"mn e TO oman Mo1ni
;erzim ho guardit with jealousy quite dlsllop"itOh
! whether that book would prove the Koran WRONG
Ana his answer sadly Yes; all oar men say so
true religion. We ale all bad We want new religion
Great while ago men were good or r@lIn ~, !, SU'
Uron in the book: not your rcl gion not our religion
the true religion Then Tie gold times VIII a" 'oo
lie ren went on To relate how many of the leaders OF
bn,rh and Government before long His tone continued
to grow mournful as he admitted now WlcHuu al ,
people had become. During this interview my inhu was
nowcrfn,y impressed The entire scene has t"uch oI
romance in H. of clainor rs attempt 10 recall IL
Siftu here now as write late in the sht. my pen
pascs while nv Imagination rcproduccs the spectacle.
seem the earnest face ~ the eAccu *, -
his hand TREMENDOUSLY Crsps :tho bar Of the gideh graf
ing over both falls the rich light from me al ccs
overhead blending score OF hueS ~ one EioiouS ,
as il streams through the ranrs OF the stacu sHss
Around us are kncclng forms of followers OF isian
And l. child OF hope through grace Ia l;edcemer
crucihed "a preacher OF the coming anu an aps'rpH
kingdom, am suddenly confronted with disclosure o.,
weakness. admission Of on ae part "a
one of It's most formidable foes. There We meet %" tho
book And | stand thinking of the day as perhaps
nearer than had dreamed. when the kn@ o te MIX
dom will be here And repeat TO myself 'hc Ichc"i'
beIcd lines:
For 10 the DAYS are hastc1ing on.
Bv prophet.Dard Oretoli
When with TIE rv,rcfcling years
Conss round the age o. gold
Peace shall over all the cartl
L. Mn sul-niors nln
nj he lrli sc nj lack tAs solg
the angels sing